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6 [- g" J9 R2 V有坛友在发帖询问see to it的意思,并说,分开看每个字都认识,但合起来就不知所云。这里我想和大家分享一点个人经验,仅供参考。
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+ J: P* R0 }1 @' {2 h8 @- |2 Z学习方法因人而异。有人很擅长记忆信息碎片,而我更擅长逻辑思维。我认为,如果能在信息碎片之间挖掘出某些内在联系,不但能减轻记忆负担,更重要的是,能让人举一反三、事半功倍。! L; V) `+ P: n6 o* |4 r, I
: F2 Q0 R' ^, W |( f对于习语来说,往往都是从某个意思很具体的说法引申而来。这个在中文里也是一样,比如“卡脖子”和“挖墙脚”应该分别是从斗殴和破坏建筑的行为抽象而来。
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' B- ^( y2 k4 b7 C `& |% E要理解see to it,不妨先从具体的说法see sb to sth开始。它意思是“将某人护送到某个地方”,非常容易理解。, |0 R$ z i* y' y8 _
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see sb to sth: To escort or accompany somebody to a place or means of departure.
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-- I'm just going to see our guests to the door; I'll be back shortly.
' u" t$ u4 {' l5 A @-- Jonathan, would you please see Mr. Thompson to the bus station?
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在这基础上的一种简化变异,就是干脆把see的宾语与to的宾语二选一,并将see to作为一个短语动词看待,后面接一个宾语完事,同时意义发生了第一步抽象,成为“照顾、伺候、处理”。这种抽象应该是很自然而然的。
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3 A, p9 l5 l% `" \" ]0 K' Psee to sb/sth: To care for, attend to, or deal with somebody or something.
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-- I'll see to the guests, if you wouldn't mind getting the table ready.
3 X: `5 |1 B, ~+ m: g0 s U# r-- Would you see to changing the sheets on the beds upstairs?1 Z5 F& s# w9 [5 `/ S
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再看有上下文情境的情况:
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& B, f% W. f2 [8 y' L" k! lA: "We need someone to organize the store room before our next shipment arrives."4 M- R x/ d* U) f6 h* n
B: "I'll see to it.": X7 N- @# U( Z) n& l
# B" x& w9 e& E% D8 m6 Y这就是第二次抽象:将see to的宾语置换成一个泛指代词it,意思自然成为了“确保此事”。
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2 @$ d! ^2 P {; F9 |0 Psee to it: make certain.3 t( h. \& K; E& O8 I4 |3 z' D
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如果没有上下文,则要么将it还原成organizing the store room before our next shipment arrives;要么在it之后加一个that引导的同位语从句,明确说明。1 U( i5 m5 D+ F
9 J! W& v9 A( v1 c3 u' w-- I'll see to it that the store room is organized before our next shipment arrives.& v) k, l; ~! w+ Y% M, K
-- I want you to see to it that she never comes in here again.
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/ s: r$ }5 Y0 msee to it that ... : make certain that ...
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